Fear of Death: A Systemic Description

P62: Fear of Death in Iranian Nurses

Death fear is defined as a morbid, abnormal or persistent anxiety of one's own death or the process of his/her dying. Fear of death is a feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude (anxiety) when one thinks of the process of dying, or ceasing to ‘be’. Nurses, as healthcare professionals, are exposed to dying patients and their beliefs about death phenomenon can impact on their general health. ...

The fear of death.

p62: fear of death in iranian nurses

death fear is defined as a morbid, abnormal or persistent anxiety of one's own death or the process of his/her dying. fear of death is a feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude (anxiety) when one thinks of the process of dying, or ceasing to ‘be’. nurses, as healthcare professionals, are exposed to dying patients and their beliefs about death phenomenon can impact on their general hea...

The fear of death and the fear of dying.

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Effects of Systemic Administration of Oxytocin on Contextual Fear Extinction in a Rat Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Introduction: One of the hallmark symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the impaired extinction of traumatic memory. Single prolonged stress (SPS) has been suggested as an animal model of PTSD, since SPS rats exhibited the impaired fear extinction. Oxytocin (OXT) has been recently suggested as a potential pharmacotherapy for treatment of PTSD. In this study, using SPS rats we inve...